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April 19 2005
CONNECTICUT: Bishop Smith says Accord with Six has failed
For the past 11 months, six rectors of the Diocese of Connecticut, together with the leadership of the parishes they serve, have refused to accept their relationship with their bishop.
In the past year I have offered to arrange for another bishop to be their pastor and parish visitor. To date they have refused that offer.
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April 18 2005
LONDON: Stand Up for Jesus: Anglo-Catholics rally for priestly ideals
For the celebration, entitled "Stand Up for Jesus", the Royal Albert Hall had been transformed into a dramatic stage for worship: a red-and-gold fronted altar supported six giant candles, behind which sat 24 bishops.
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April 18 2005
Pro-Abortion & Gay Bishop Alliance Not Surprising
"Long before the 'religious right' was objecting to abortions, Planned Parenthood was objecting to the violence against women when butchers were performing all the abortions here in America," Robinson said.
"Yours is amazing history -- and I hope you are as proud as you should be."
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April 18 2005
CONNECTICUT: Six embattled Episcopal priests still mulling meeting with bishop
Smith had said the priests faced removal as early as Friday for failing to meet with him to work out a solution and shirking their financial obligations to the diocese.
But he issued a statement Friday evening saying he wants to meet with the priests Monday before he takes action. Bishop Gordon Paul Scruton of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts would also attend.
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April 18 2005
LONDON: Dr Williams: 'Let children play'
He described how, during his time in South Wales, arrangements to allow women to work at weekends were opposed by community organisations, who stressed that weekends were a time when families did things together. "There was a deeply unscrupulous element in that particular case of making the family market-friendly."
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April 17 2005
CONNECTICUT: Bishop Reaches Out to Six "Abandoned" Episcopal Priests
Waves of indignations followed the consecration of gay bishop in many episcopical congregations. The Connecticut parishes began withholding their contribution to the diocese which is about 12.5 percent of their revenue.
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April 16 2005
AAC to ACC: Deny ECUSA's Request to attend. If not we will attend.
As with the House of Bishops' March 2005 Covenant Statement, the Executive Council has professed compliance to the Primates while dictating their own terms: "In the spirit of the Covenant Statement recently adopted by our House of Bishops, we voluntarily withdraw our members from official participation in the ACC as it meets in Nottingham.
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April 16 2005
BISHOP HERZOG TO BISHOP SMITH: "This is Capital Punishment"
In the world of occupations, this is capital punishment. It takes away a priest's job, removes him from the pension fund and insurance, and puts him out on the street. Naturally it will probably lead to more splintering, new churches and a continuing weakening of our communion. What kind of a culture and climate is this creating?
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April 15 2005
SEVENTEEN ORTHODOX BISHOPS CONDEMN CONNECTICUT BISHOP
The clergy and people of the six parishes now in sustained conflict with you are in full communion with us. They preach and teach what the Anglican Communion preaches and teaches. They preach and teach what we preach and teach. It would be impossible for us to recognize any inhibition or deposition imposed upon them.
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April 15 2005
ECUSA is all smoke and mirrors says Network Moderator
The response to the Primates is a technical yes and an actual no. The response is extremely disappointing. It is also, of course, dishonest in any coherent moral analysis.
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